This video is a video version
of an old text blog entry. It is being reposted here as my first
official vlog entry.

REPOST FROM MONDAY JANUARY
19TH, 2004

Today, I did something I rarely do. Today, I watched
The Oprrah Winfrey Show Today's show
was her annual WEIGHT LOSS show. She had on several people who had lost
weight using the Get With The
Program diet plan. She also had on several other people who want to
lose weight and want to try this program out for themselves. Her guest
was Bob Green from Get With
The Program

Needless to say I found this show very interesting, yet also kinda disturbing
in some ways too.

As faithful rreaders of my blog know, I'm a firm believer in the issue
of SIZE ACCEPTANCE. In fact, there's a group devoted to this very issue.
It's called the INTERNATIONAL SIZE ACCEPTANCE ASSOCIATION. You can find
the link to their website on the left or simply by clicking
here

Among the people they had on were people who were tired of their weight
and wanted to lose some of it. But there was also a woman who didn't really
need to lose ANY weight at all, but simply joined her co-workers in their
efforts to lose weight as an incentive to GAIN a few pounds and some strength.
This is a disturbing sign because it shows that people will use diet plans
for just about ANYTHING these days even though it's for all the WRONG
reasons.

Diet plans are for people who want to lose weight, yet there are SCORES
of people who use them for things OTHER than weight loss. And that can
lead to TRAGIC results.

In fact, I drread to think of how many people with eating disorders
who are in a state of denail who watched the program. It's scary because
they NEVER mentioned what were the right and wrong reasons for lossing
weight or for getting on that diet plan. In fact, it was NEVER discussed.

I mentioned in my LIVE video blog (NOT the one in the link to the left
or above) that in order for ANY diet plan to work, you have to learn to
ACCEPT YOUR SIZE. That is to accept WHO you are and that there's a VERY
REAL probability that you will NEVER be able to achieve the figurre of
your favorite role model, idol, etc.). I also said that as you learn to
accept your size, you'll also learn WHAT (and sometimes WHO) your enemy
forces are AND the fact that you'll have to learn how to deal with them
and keep them in check BEFORE you attempt to go on a diet plan. But you
WILL come reasonably close though.

But ONLY if you work at it and stick to the diet plan you are on.

Folks, this isn't rocket science. Nor am I some sort of "fitness expert".
In fact, I know I could stand to lose a few pounds myself.
But BY THE SAME TOKEN, I also realize that I have to learn to ACCEPT MY
SIZE as it's WHO I AM. If I lose a few pounds - GREAT. FABULOUS. What I
am saying just amounts to good ol' COMMON SENSE.

And until you (and I) learn to FULLY ACCEPT OUR SIZE, who and and/or
what our enemy forces are AND how to deal with them and keep them in check,
NO DIET PLAN WILL WORK. Not only that, but we'll just keep lying to ourrselves
over and over again. And if we're not carreful, we could end up making
choices we could end up regrretting in the future.

If you're a heavy-set person like I am, I urge you to check out the
International
Size Acceptance Association (ISAA) and get a membership. I plan to
(No, that ain't no bull either). I'll start posting my weight every once
in a while as its checked right here on my blog (Don't see any reason NOT
to). If I'm going to lose weight, I'm gonna do so REALISTICALLY. How 'bout
you?